Birdy

Birdy Soundtrack

Based on William Wharton's transcendent novel of the same name, this film is about many things: friendship, war, and, of course, birds. The framing device is an effort by a horribly scarred combat soldier (Nicolas Cage) to break through to his best friend, Birdy (Matthew Modine), hospitalized after seemingly being driven mad by fighting in the Vietnam War. Cage then flashes back to their boyhood, where Birdy, a canary aficionado, was considered the school weirdo but managed to be a solid companion nonetheless. Directed by Alan Parker, it works best as a coming-of-age story, but misses the bizarre psychological transferences of the book, in which Birdy imagines himself within the world of canaries he creates in his bedroom at his parents' house. Modine is fine as an out-of-it misfit enraptured by his own little universe. --Marshall Fine

Genre: Drama, War
Director: Alan Parker
Stars: Matthew Modine, Nicolas Cage, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
R (Restricted)
Year:
1984
120
Website
1,495 Views
#SongDuration
1At Night2:43
2Floating Dogs3:02
3Quiet And Alone2:35
4Close Up0:55
5Slow Water2:55
6Dressing The Wound4:11
7Slow Marimbas3:28
8Heat4:45
9Under Lock And Key2:29

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